diff --git a/rc.conf b/rc.conf
index 80e5ec7..18a364f 100644
--- a/rc.conf
+++ b/rc.conf
@@ -11,9 +11,12 @@ cfg_hostname='spark'
 # Uncomment and change this to yours
 #cfg_timezone='Europe/Moscow'
 
+# Early fsck, if you don't have such a step in your initrd
+#cfg_early_fsck=1
+
 # Services that start with @ are executed in parallel
 cfg_services+=(
-	'fsck' 'mount' 'sysctl' 'rsyslogd'
+	'mount' 'sysctl' 'rsyslogd'
 	'@lo.iface' '@scron' @agetty-tty{2..6}
 )
 
diff --git a/rc.in b/rc.in
index ddc5fa2..7bfb002 100644
--- a/rc.in
+++ b/rc.in
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ rc.remount_root() {
 }
 
 rc.boot() {
+	(( cfg_early_fsck )) && rc.fsck
+
 	rc.mount
 	rc.tmpfiles
 	rc.hostname
@@ -181,6 +183,14 @@ rc.timezone() {
 	}
 }
 
+rc.fsck() {
+	declare root_rw=0
+	touch /rc-write-test && root_rw=1
+	(( root_rw )) && mount -o remount,ro /
+	fsck -A -C -p
+	(( root_rw )) && mount -o remount,rw /
+}
+
 rc.main() {
 	source "@ETC@/rc.conf"